Targeted Testing Recent Peer Reviews
Journal of Attention Disorders Review
Review written by:
Leesa V. Huang Ph.D.
November 2009, Volume 13, No. 3
Product and Test Review
California State University, Chico, USA.
Please note, the full review is currently available to the Journal of Attention Disorders subscribers.
To see the synopsis of this article on PubMed Click Here
"A comprehensive evaluation of the PADDS indicated that it can be a useful and efficient instrument. It attempts to integrate parent and teacher ratings and three executive functioning tasks together to strengthen the diagnosis of ADHD. The strength of the PADDS is in having multiple sources of data in one system and being able to provide stepwise calculations of likelihood ratios. Thus, it is easy for the clinician to understand the cumulative effects, whether positive or negative. This tool exhibits potential for the field, though psychometric studies and analyses need to be completed to further establish its effectiveness and accuracy in the identification of children with ADHD".
PMID: 19834127 [PubMed - in process]
Review from The ADHD Report
Edited by Russell A. Barkley, PhD
Volume 17 Number 5, October 2009
Special Issue: Focus on Assessment
The Pediatric Attention Disorders
Diagnostic Screener (PADDS)
By: Steven Spector, Ph.D.
Eric A. Youngstrom, Ph.D.
Kristin D. Anderson, Psy.D.
Excerpt: "The unique features of the PADDS provide the opportunity to combine clinical and actuarial approaches by using a structured interview,
assessment of base rates, teacher and parent behavior rating scales, neurocognitive executive functioning assessments,
and actuarial scoring and report as well as rendering traditional standard score and cut-points".
Please note, it is currently available to The ADHD Report subscribers.
Review from the National Psychologist
Review of ADHD software packages
Computerized ADHD assessment revisited
By: Larry Rosen, Ph.D.
In 1995, and again in 2001, I reviewed computerized ADHD assessment tools in The National Psychologist. It is now time for an update. Recent large-scale national studies estimate that between 7 percent and 9 percent of children and 4 percent of adults have been diagnosed with ADHD and roughly half are currently taking medication. Depending on the study, these estimates vary but the bottom line is that ADHD is a major problem...
The bottom line appears to be how you approach ADHD. If it is an attentional issue then you should consider either the CPT II or IVA+Plus. If you are more interested in whether there are cognitive executive function deficiencies, the PADDS is a good choice. They are all excellent at what they measure and well normed and documented. You can’t go wrong with any of them. In fact, my recommendation would be to use the PADDS coupled with one of the other two to get a comprehensive picture of a complex psychological issue...
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School Psychologist Article
Pediatric Attention Disorders Diagnostic Screener for Children At-Risk
for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Summer 2008 Issue
By: Linda A. Reddy & Grace Fumari, Rutgers University
Thomas K. Pedigo, Pediatric & Adolescent Psychology P.C., Savannah, GA, &
Vann Scott, Armstrong Atlantic State University
ABSTRACT
This paper describes the methodology for screening Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
related symptoms in children using the Pediatric Attention Disorders Diagnostic Screener (PADDS). The PADDS is a new computerized multidimensional assessment approach of attention and executive function disorders for children (6 to 12 years). The PADDS possesses good estimates of reliability and validity...
PADDS demonstrates adequate convergent and discriminative validity. In a sample of 38 children, the PADDS Subtests, Brown Attention Deficit Disorder Parent and Teacher Rating Scales (Brown ADD Scale; Brown, 1996), and the Connor’s Continuous Performance Test II (CPT-II; Conners, 1997) were compared on the percentage of diagnostic utility and percentage of agreement. The Target Tests produced an overall hit rate of 94% in comparison to 68% for the CPT-II and 66% for the Brown ADD Scale...
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Review from the National Association of School Psychologists
Review published in the NASP Communique More… Please note, it is currently available to NASP members.
We have three major reviews coming up, we will post links to them on the website after they are published, check back often.
We have a fMRI Study starting soon.
What Clinicians Are Saying About the PADDS:
In over thirty-five years I have never come across an AD/HD screening test that is so exciting and best of all it is evidence-based.
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